Baseball is back, as White Sox fans head to Opening Day at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side Thursday afternoon, while Cubs fans return to Wrigley Field on Monday for the home opener against the Colorado Rockies.

Cody Bellinger is going back to the Chicago Cubs, agreeing to an $80 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

The Chicago Cubs hired manager Craig Counsell away from Milwaukee on Monday in a surprising move, replacing David Ross after the team slipped out of a playoff spot in the last part of the season.

After back-to-back subpar seasons, the Cubs are at least getting themselves back in the hunt. They open the season Thursday against the Brewers at Wrigley Field.

Tonight looks like another opportunity to cash in despite the total being set low at seven runs, as the Marlins are facing a Cubs team that also struggles to score and have seen Adrian Sampson step up as one of their most reliable pitchers.

Best Bets for today: For the Cubs, Drew Smyly has been good at times, but he has been simply awful at others – like two starts ago in giving up seven runs to the Cardinals in just 2.1 innings.

Best Bets for today: While the Cubs haven’t had much to celebrate this season, their level of play has been solid enough to where they should be in the mix tonight considering they’ll have one of their better starting pitchers taking the mound in Adrian Sampson.

Cincinnati’s Mike Minor has had one quality start since Independence Day and has given up 29 total hits in his past four outings. For the Cubs, Javier Assad wears No. 72 and spent most of the year pitching in the Southern League. Yes, we're taking the over.

Led by Drew Smyly and a 10-hit attack, the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Thursday night in Major League Baseball's second “Field of Dreams” game.